First competition after training camp

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Apr 21 • 🏅Wins

This weekend we‘ve been to a competition in Langen. There weren‘t any electronics so a view of the times were maybe a bit weird especially my 50 freestyle. Overall I‘m super happy because I managed to get 7PBs out of 7 races and my first ever south national times on my own. The day before competition I didn‘t train so I could sleep and fuel really good. With the 50 freestyle my coach stopped a 25.8 but the officials got a 29.64 (don‘t know how that happened). So my coaches went to the officials and after talking the officials gave me the time 26.00 which was my first ever south national times on. I actually didn‘t think that my first south nationals time would be the 50 free. On Sunday the officials told me for my 50 back that the time was 29.77 which would have been 0.04 over the south national time. But because the guy next to me got 29.68 and I was faster they later gave me the 29.68 which was the time. A friend of my family who swims for a club close to ours missed his first ever south national time by 0.01s. Because he was the first guy to go to the final if somebody would have said no to the final, I decided to give him a second chance. In the final he managed to get the time and he, his family and his club were super thankful to me. Also I missed out the south nationals time for 100 back bay 0.5s. So here are all of my times:

200back 2:23,54 (My coach said my turns were quite slow but the rest was quite fine)

50 fly 28,94 (I took 2 breaths so that wasn‘t really optimal but the swimming went well)

50 free 26,00

200 free 2:14,54 (Had to do it so we can start a relay at south nationals and I was really tired at the end of competition because I have been at pool site for over 10 hours)

100back 1:04,36 (actually can‘t remember how many kicks I did after the turn)

50 back 29,68

100 free 59,10 (I had to pee so badly so I couldn‘t really stay fully focused on the block)

So overall I‘m really happy for my long course times and I will keep going this weekend with a Road to nationals comeptition

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First competition after training camp